1. study the political cartoon and read the background information. then, answer the questions.

a. who is the man is being depicted in the cartoon? remember, this cartoon was published in 1991.

b. describe the reforms this man try to initiate in the soviet union.

c. what has happened to the sickle in the cartoon? what event is this symbolizing?

2. read the statements to identify the person. each statement describes a person’s role in the cold war.

a) this president escalated the vietnam war by increasing american troop levels after the gulf of tonkin resolution
b) leader of communist north vietnam
c) leader of anti-communist south vietnam
d) this president began the withdrawal of american troops from vietnam and began a policy of détente with the soviet union
e) leader of czechoslovakia who tried initiate reforms to loosen communist restrictions in his country
f) led the solidarity movement in poland; became president when poland turned democratic
g) soviet leader (and its last) tried to create reforms to save communism in the soviet union
h) .s. president who urged for the berlin wall to be torn down; took a more aggressive approach toward the soviet union; was president when the soviet union ended

alexander dubcek ronald reagan hochi minh lyndon b. johnson
lech walesa mikhail gorbachev ngo dinh diem richard nixon